SAN DIEGO, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Gateway (NYSE: GTW) has named Mike
Hammond senior vice president of Business Process Simplification. Hammond,
who previously served as senior vice president of Manufacturing, will have
overall responsibility for reviewing and improving all Gateway business
processes to ensure complete client satisfaction and organizational
efficiency.
"Mike will be working to change Gateway's business processes, ensuring
that our clients are delighted, our costs are controlled and our employees are
empowered with world-class tools and processes," said Todd Bradley, executive
vice president, Global Operations. "Mike has been a leader in process
improvement at Gateway. In his new role, he will ensure that our new Business
Process Simplification initiative will receive the appropriate senior
management focus and resources required to make it a success."
Jack Dollard has been elected as the new senior vice president of
Manufacturing for Gateway. Dollard will be responsible for Gateway's
manufacturing operations worldwide, including logistics, materials, and
supplier management.
"In order to remain the best client value on the market by delivering high
quality products at great prices, we need to leverage our supply chain,
manufacturing processes and overall efficiency," Bradley said. "Both Mike and
Jack have crucial roles in accomplishing this."
Dollard, who brings to Gateway 24 years of manufacturing operations
experience, most recently served as senior vice president of worldwide
manufacturing for QUALCOMM (QCOM) and president of QUALCOMM Personal
Electronics. Prior to joining QUALCOMM, he spent seven years with Toshiba
America, Inc.
Hammond, who co-founded Gateway with Chairman Ted Waitt in 1985, formerly
served as vice president of Gateway Asia-Pacific.
About Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a Fortune 250 company founded in 1985, focuses on
building lifelong relationships with consumers and businesses through complete
technology personalization. Gateway ranked number one in U.S. consumer PC
revenue in 1999(1) and was rated among the top ten best corporate reputations
in America according to a survey conducted in August of 1999 by Harris
Interactive and the Reputation Institute and published in The Wall Street
Journal. Gateway employees worldwide provide clients with services and built-
to-order computers that consistently win top awards from leading industry
publications. Gateway had total global revenue of $8.65 billion in 1999 and
shipped 4.68 million systems. For more information, visit our Web site at
www.gateway.com
(1) According to GartnerGroup/Dataquest US PC Quarterly statistics.